Disclaimer – Urg! I hate these things. I do not own anything related to the Labyrinth but I do own all original characters.

Rated T For Language

A/N – I have the film now. I downloaded it. I am going to be changing any discrepancies in my fic so that it runs more like the film. I am, however, going to leave Wiseman where he is, as I believe that he will not stay in the same place after ten years, which is the difference between Sarah coming to the Labyrinth, and J-lea's visit.

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WickedGame – Yea, I thought that it would be easy to climb up the walls too. Bit I suppose it was too simple for them too put into the film because that would have made the whole thing too easy for Sarah. That was also the problem I faced with this too 'cos I couldn't make it too easy for J-lea.

"blah" – speech

'blah' – thoughts

'blah' – singing

Chapter 5 – Violent Tendencies And Damn Dresses

Walking through the woods with a torch wasn't all that difficult. However, looking and listening out for the firies was. True the woods were quite quiet but the firies knew the woods better than her and easily sneak up on her.

No sooner than J-lea had thought that, she heard leaves ruffling behind her and saw a flash of red to her left.

'Show time' she thought irritably.

Abruptly, a firey jumped in front of her and J-lea raised an eyebrow at it before trying to side step it. She had no intention of getting involved in their 'dance', if you could call it that. She also had no intention of having any joints dislocated when they tried to pull her limbs off.

'I think I'm going to pass' J-lea thought when she thought of Sarah's situation in the film. She started to walk again but two firies grabbed her legs and pulled them from beneath her so she fell on her back. J-lea hissed again at the pain in her leg where the firey had grasped her gashes. She pulled her uninjured leg out of the firies grip before rolling onto her left side and swung over, kicking the other firey in the head as she flipped herself into a crouching position. J-lea swiped her leg behind her and tripped up the standing firey before she ran.

Branches whipped at her face as she ran through the trees, trying to get away from the firies. However, they were persistent little buggers and one landed on her shoulders as she was running. J-lea growled as she stopped running and ducked her head, making the firey fall off before she kicked it like a football. Sensing something from behind her, J-lea ducked. Just in time as well, as a head shot over the top of her, barely missing her.

From her position on the floor, J-lea looked behind her. Three firies where running after her. J-lea sighed and rolled her eyes.

'Time to pull out the big guns' thought J-lea. She glanced behind her again and waited until the firies had nearly reached her before she pushed herself up and did a backwards flip over them. She used the shoulders of one of the firies for support and as she did so she grabbed hold of it and threw it behind her with the motion that remained from the flip. The other two firies stopped running and turned around to face her. Looking above them, J-lea saw a fairly straight and secure tree branch.

J-lea grinned at the firies wickedly and ran at them. She leaped off of the floor and grabbed hold of the branch and swung around the bar. As she came down she kneed a firey in the head before she switched her direction and did the same to the other as she flipped off the branch.

J-lea landed in a crouch position and silently thanked what ever had possessed her mother to send her and Elektra to gymnastic lessons when they were younger. But then again, losing at her grazed, cut and bleeding hands, she wasn't sure if that show of acrobatics was a good idea.

Turning around to face the firies, J-lea could see that they were starting to show signs of movement so she jumped over them before running away from them as fast as she could.

After five minutes of running, J-lea stopped and bent over to take a breather. She felt blood running down her face so she wiped it off. It was from a cut down her left temple that she had received when she was running.

J-lea suddenly heard some leaves rustle before she felt a sharp pain in her arm. She just had time to look at it and realise that it was some sort of tranquilliser dart before she fell unconscious.

J-lea groaned silently and opened her eyes. But instead of her seeing the woods, she saw the same ballroom that was in the movie. Also, she noticed that she was stood up, not lying down.

'Now, I know I sometimes sleep walk but this is ridiculous' thought J-lea as she looked down.

'Oh, dear God' she thought, 'I'm wearing a DRESS!'

True, it was the same dress that she had worn to her prom night when she was Elektra's age but still, she hadn't touched a dress since.

The dress was grey and silver, which blended into each other as it flowed down. Its design was simple; it was streamline but had a few ruffles at the top made from extra material but it was still beautiful.

J-lea did not feel any of the pain in her leg that she had become accustomed to while she was in the labyrinth and, when she felt her face, she did not have to cut on her temple, nor a tranquilliser dart sticking out of her arm.

J-lea looked around her. There were lots of couples spinning around on the dance floor to music that J-lea recognised.

'There's such a sad love, deep in your eyes. A kind of pale jewel, open and closed…'

J-lea looked up and saw Jareth stood near a pillar, looking directly at her as he sang.

'I'll place the sky within your eyes'

J-lea started to walk towards him but a couple moved in front of her and she lost sight of him.

'Now why does this seem familiar?' J-lea thought to herself sarcastically as she looked around again. She saw glimpses of Jareth now and then but in different places as he continued singing.

'I'll place the moon within your heart'

­­­­­­­­­­­J-lea turned around to see if she could find him. ­

'Every thrill is gone, wasn't too much fun at all'

J-lea let her eyes flutter closed, as she heard his voice. He was right behind her. She opened her eyes as she turned around to see him stood there with a smile on his face. He stepped forward, his blue and amber mismatched eyes staring into her own dark blue, silver hinted eyes, as he put his arms around her waist. J-lea put her arms around him so that her hands were rested on the back of his shoulders.

'But I'll be there for yo-ou-ou, as the world falls down'

J-lea moved in closer and rested her head on his shoulder, his blond hair resting on her cheek.

'Falling… Falling Down… Falling in love… '

Jareth looked down at J-lea as he sang this. J-lea looked up at him to see him smiling down at him, eyes filled with something she couldn't define. Something she had never seen before.

From her position on Jareth's shoulder, J-lea saw some of the other women sneering at her but she didn't let it worry her. She knew that as long as she was in Jareth's arms, no harm would come to her. And to be perfectly honest, she had no intention of moving anytime soon.

'I'll paint you moments of gold, I'll spin you Valentine evenings, though we're strangers 'til now, we're choosing the path between the stars. I'll leave my love between the stars…'

J-lea sighed silently, feeling the slight rumbling in Jareth's chest as he sang.

'As the pain sweeps through, makes no sense for you. Every thrill is gone, wasn't too much fun at all'

J-lea lifted her head off of Jareth's shoulder slightly so she could see his face better. He looked down at her again and she could see the sincerity of the next words.

'But I'll be there for yo-ou-ou, as the world falls down'

J-lea lifted her head off his shoulder completely then and just looked at him. He smiled at her and lowered his head. J-lea's eyes fluttered closed as their lips met in a tender and loving kiss. J-lea entwined one of her hands in his hair and used the other to pull him down, deepening the kiss as their tongues danced.

Soon enough they had to pull away to breathe. As J-lea opened her eyes and looked into Jareth's eyes, she felt a sharp pain on her head.

J-lea hissed and brought a hand to her head. As she pulled it away, there was blood on her fingers. She looked at Jareth to see him frowning, looking concerned. The pain came again and J-lea closed her eyes as she winced.

When she opened her eyes, she was no longer in the ballroom, in Jareth's arms.

She was in the junkyard.

About to hit over the head with a wooden pole

'Fucking great' thought J-lea.